Evaluation

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Question 3

A magazine I analysed is Billboard magazine. The magazine is created by Prometheus Global Media which also creates “The Hollywood Report”, “Film Journal International” and “VIBE”. Prometheus Global Media publishes media content that includes news, video, opinion, reviews, events and style. This is similar to what is inside my magazine so I could potentially have my magazine published by Prometheus Global Media because they also have digital connections so my magazine could also become digitalised which would make it more accessible to my audience.

I looked at Bauer Media Group. They produce well known magazines such as “Q” and “KERRANG”. Based in German, Bauer operate in 15 countries worldwide and have a portfolio of more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations. This would be great for my magazine as it would be able to be taken globally alongside digital media versions of my magazine which would make it more appealable and easily accessible to my audience as they are in the age range where they use a lot of technology.

IPC Media are the biggest producer of media in the UK. This would really be great an appeal to a wide range of audience’s in the UK as they are also on digital. But to be stuck to publishing in the UK alone I think would be bad for my magazine as it is not for one set audience but a variety from all around the world of different ethnicities etc.


Personally I think that Bauer is the best or my magazine because they have the most publishing around the world and the fact that it has a lot of digital connections means that I would prefer Bauer to publish my magazine

Question 4

From the audience research that I did, I believe that my audience will be females of 15-25 years will read my magazine. This is because these is the kind of age group that reads pop genre magazine the most as female are stereotypically into fashion. I think this age range is appropriate because this age range is more likely to listen to pop genre music so they are also more likely to read a pop magazine.

According to Young and Rubicam, my audience are the largest audience and they interested in big established brands. They want to feel safe. According to the socio-economic scale, my audience fit into the D, C1 or C2 categories. These people can be lower middle class to working class. I believe that as the pop genre is so flexible that my audience spans over a few classes rather than being in one specific class. In my magazine I am trying to present my audience with the latest gossip. So to Blumer and Katz’s theory my audience has cognitive need and seek acquiring information. In some ways my audience also have social interactive needs as they talk about gossip and latest trends which would appear in a pop genre magazine.

Question 5

I believe that my magazine appeals to my audience very well. I think that is relevant to them in the sense that it contains most of what is conventional for a magazine of my genre and some differences that I think would appeal to my audience. I think that the colour codes work very well and the design would appeal to my audience. I think it is relevant to them because it seems like any other magazine that they have read. In my magazine I am trying to make the magazine seem welcome and brightly coloured. This will make the audience see it from the crowd if it was placed with other magazines. I also used the model on the front cover as a pull to the audience. As my target audience is young females, an attractive male on the front of my magazine would be a pull towards my target audience the background is also relevant and follows the style that pop music follows today which makes it conventional to my magazine. I also have two females on the front cover as an exclusive interview pull. This is because young females usually idolise female’s celebrities. I have used a reverse colour switch as my text pulls on the side of my front cover to add difference to the magazine instead of making it bland and unattractive. This makes the central image also pop out more and also the text as there is a huge difference in the visual effect they give so it makes it pop out to the reader.

In my contents page I used the same colour scheme but I different ways to make it conventional to the magazine but also to make it look vibrant and lively. I used a box feature with alternating pink and white colours. This makes the names of the artists stand out better in the magazine. I also used a cut out photo of a model on the contents page that wasn’t mentioned on the front cover. This is because it is conventional and it appear to the audience that there is more in the magazine once it I opened up and is also used as a pull towards my magazine. The model is also with direct mode of address which further proves it to be a pull as the audience feel included.


In my DPS, I have used a lot of writing to get the audience’s attention. There are images of the models with direct mode of address to make the audience feel included. These models are what would be seen as ‘attractive’ which would make my young female audience most likely idolise them. I haven’t used much colour because I wanted the text to be the main focus of the page not what is around it. I feel like for my DPS this is better because in an interview it is expected for there to be ample amounts of text on the pages and not much visually. I feel like this brings out the part of my audience that seek more knowledge than gossip. I feel that the language that I used in my DPS was appropriate to my target audience. This is because my audience are very social and family and friends based and therefore the use of swearing and inappropriate language was wrong so a softer more modern style of language is used to engage with my audience. 

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Question 7


When I look back at my preliminary task, I can defiantly see a development in the quality and finish of my Front Cover, Contents Page and DPS. I think that my understanding of magazines has improved and what elements make a magazine of particular genres.

I have learnt to new technologies along the way. Such as Photoshop. Before I didn’t know how to use Photoshop to make pictures but now I have an understanding of the technology and could use it on other projects. I have also learned to time manage myself into doing the work inside and outside of lessons. This has helped me with other subjects as well as media and I think this skill is crucial especially when I have a lot of work to be done.

From working in a group on my Preliminary task, I feel like working solo in my final has really helped me as I can decide and have full control over every aspect of my work. However working in a group has also taught me that the support and reliability of others is important. Every group member must put effort in for it to work effectively.

I feel like my skills have improved since my Preliminary and this has helped me throughout my final piece. I think the use and learnt skills of Photoshop have improved significantly since my preliminary and this has helped get the finish I want for my photos of my genre and I think I could apply this skill to more than just my Pop genre I use for my final piece.

Comparisons between my Preliminary and Main task

When I created the school magazine, there was a simple and set layout for that type of magazine. Informative and links to the type of audience (school ages 11-18). At this point I didn’t really understand my audience as it had not been looked into that depth yet so I created a magazine that would appeal to me. This is a link between both my magazines as I decided to create a magazine that wouldn’t just fit my genre but one that I might pick up off the shelves. That’s also why I chose the pop genre.


A difference between my magazines is the fact that my preliminary is very unprofessional. This is because I had a few weeks to create my magazine compared to my main task which I had a few months. This has allowed me to make my main task as professional as possible because I was able to have more time to trial and error some designs which are shown on my blog. This has helped me develop the best magazine I can in the time I was given.

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